SB200 • 2026

Designating Kansas as a purple heart state, requiring the governor to proclaim August 7 of each year as purple heart day and urging veterans organizations to plan special activities in observance thereof.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action: 2026-04-10
Official status: Died in Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Designating Kansas as a purple heart state, requiring the governor to proclaim August 7 of each year as purple heart day and urging veterans organizations to plan special activities in observance thereof.

What This Bill Does

Designating Kansas as a purple heart state, requiring the governor to proclaim August 7 of each year as purple heart day and urging veterans organizations to plan special activities in observance thereof.

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Bill History

2026-04-10 Senate
Died in Committee
2025-03-25 Senate
Hearing: Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 12:00 PM — Room 159-S event
2025-02-06 Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs
2025-02-05 Senate
Introduced

Official Summary Text

Designating Kansas as a purple heart state, requiring the governor to proclaim August 7 of each year as purple heart day and urging veterans organizations to plan special activities in observance thereof.

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Session of 2025
SENATE BILL No. 200
By Senators Alley, Argabright, Billinger, Blasi, Blew, Bowers, Bowser, Joseph
Claeys, Clifford, Corson, Dietrich, Erickson, Fagg, Faust Goudeau, Francisco,
Gossage, Haley, Holscher, Klemp, Kloos, Masterson, Murphy, Owens, Peck,
Petersen, Pettey, Rose, Ryckman, Schmidt, Shallenburger, Shane, Starnes, Sykes,
Thomas, Thompson, Titus, Tyson, Ware and Warren
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AN ACT concerning purple heart awards; designating Kansas as a purple
heart state; requiring the governor to declare August 7 of each year as a
purple heart day.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) The state of Kansas is hereby designated as a purple
heart state in recognition of the many citizens of the state who have earned
the purple heart medal as a result of being wounded while engaged in
combat with an enemy force.
(b) Each year, the governor shall issue a proclamation recognizing the
purple heart day, to be observed on August 7 of each year, following the
tradition established by George Washington in 1782 and revived in 1932
that distinguishes the purple heart as a decoration of honor awarded to
members of the armed forces and United States citizens who were
honorably wounded in action. The award has been limited to members of
the military since 1997 by congressional action.
(c) The executive director of the office of veterans services shall
promote the observance of purple heart day with appropriate activities and
direct each local chapter of all veterans' organizations to plan special
activities and events to honor the purple heart recipients in each chapter.
(d) All residents of this state are enjoined to devote some portion of
purple heart day to recognizing and commemorating the recipients of the
purple heart who have demonstrated a commitment to fighting for the
ideals that have made this nation great, have served this nation so valiantly
and are role models for all to emulate.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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